A HISTORY NABT ACTIVITIES IN THE 1930S OF NABT’S 75 YEARS BUNNY JASKOT, PAT WALLER July 1, 1938: NABT is founded. October 1939: In the October issue of ABT, President October 1938: Volume 1, Number 1 of The American Biology Jeffers announces that NABT has “identified Teacher is published. itself prominently with the National Com- October 1938: NABT dues $1.00. mittee on Science Teaching of the National December 28, 1938: The First Annual Association Meeting is held Education Association (NEA) in developing as part of the AAAS meetings in Richmond, a complete science program for grades one Virginia. The Executive Committee Meeting to fourteen.” NABT also participates in a Downloaded from http://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/75/2/86/57043/abt_2013_75_2_4.pdf by guest on 02 October 2021 is held on December 21, 1938. meeting of the Columbia Workshop and the February 1939: February issue of ABT lists the nominations Progressive Education Association. for officers for NABT: December 28, 1939: NABT holds its Second Annual Convention President Elect: in Columbus, Ohio, in conjunction with the G. Jeffers, Farmville, Virginia AAAS. J. A. Trent, Pittsburgh, Kansas December 1939: Financial report reveals that NABT has a March 1939: March 1939 issue of ABT prints reports bank balance in its accounts of $236.94. from New England Biological Association, December 1939: NABT members are asked to participate in a Northern Indiana Biology ­Teachers, Kan- survey for the committee on the Teaching of sas Unit, Biology Teachers Club of South- Biology. eastern Pennsylvania, Chicago Biology Round Table, and Detroit Biology Club. April 1939: NABT reveals a plan to develop a process to evaluate biology textbooks. BUNNY JASKOT ([email protected]) and PAT WALLER (wallerfp@enter. net) are both retired exemplary high school biology teachers and NABT Past May 1939: M. C. Lichtenwalter steps down as the first Presidents. They are now co-chairs of the NABT History Committee. president of NABT, to be followed by George W. Jeffers, who was elected in ­February 1939. DOI: 10.1525/abt.2013.75.2.4 86 THE AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER VOLUME 75, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 2013.